Broken down....

[Phate]

Originally Posted by phate

all thats left to do:

Fit right hand driveshaft (this is what i can't do, can do everything else) - done
fit air con pipes (well plug them into the air con rad) - done
fit battery tray - done
fit ecu - done
fit battery - done
fit induction + caf
fit bar which goes behind the front bumper - done
fit wheels, bumper, bonnet, lights - lights done, dad is just doing the exhaust then its bar and bumper.

Add fluids - start.

getting very excited :d

[afcbadam]

will it be running by the end of the day??

[Phate]

Originally Posted by afcbadam

will it be running by the end of the day??

It'll be running within the hour!

Induction and CAF - done
Bar behind the bumper - done


Dads finishing the exhaust then its fluids and start up time

[peterzs]

Then yiou can sit back and watch practise at Silverstone, good timeing or what!!!

[Maxfly]

sweet stuff, just getting the car started an running will be guid enough far less driving it again

[Phate]

Well....


Not beating about the bush. It started on first go sounded a little 'mucky' for the first few seconds then cleared itself and was ticking over at about 1200rpm. Tried to engage a gear...no go

The slave cylinder isn't pushing the gear lever on the box far enough! DAMMIT!!

So going back tomorrow morning to have a play and see what we can do. I'm going to have a read up about ways of tweaking it as well.

It's odd. I'm chuffed to bits its running but at the same time gutted I didn't drive it home!


Pics to follow

[Phate]

Took this in between posts on here

[peterzs]

Does that big red rescue truck follow you everywhere now???

[Phate]

Funny man

That's the wrecker! Very old lorry that, kick arse bit of kit though

[peterzs]

Our lorry was stolen from our yard and we had to pick it up from a recovery yard just off the M25, on the way back, a friend of my boss, who was in the Army wanted dropping off to pick up a Recovery Lorry he had just bought.

It was a tank recovery lorry, I think it was a Centurion ( I know thats also a tank name) or something. Anyhow I followed him back to the M25 but he had to fill up first. This thing needed a ladder to climb up to the cab, filled the filling station.

He belongs to a group that restores and shows WW2 vehicles and he bought it incase any needed recovering. Had the specs lift, plus crane lift, now that was a brute.

Hope you sort the clutch out, so near yet so far.